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Last One Out!
The universe has a weird way of ending things on a poetic note. Richard Petty won his last NASCAR race, Ted Williams homered in his last at bat, and a pair of passionate hot rodders who run the most well-known school for young automotive machinist hopefuls handbuilt the last customer-assembled COPO LS7 engine at the COPO build center in Wixom, Michigan. Linda and Judson Massingill operate SAM, or what's better known as the School of Automotive Machinists (SAMRacing.com) in Houston, Texas. The school owns and races one COPO Camaro already, and when the opportunity came up to add another to their fleet for Linda to race in NHRA stock eliminator competition, they jumped at it. They also took the opportunity to enjoy a businessman's holiday and traveled to Michigan to assemble the actual LS7 427ci naturally aspirated engine that will power their car. What do engine builders do for fun? They build engines, of course!
When Ford launched the factory drag car Cobra Jet program in 2008 and Chrysler soon followed suit, everyone wondered when GM would jump in. The answer was 2012, and since then, COPO factory drag package Camaros have been locking horns with their late-model and classic competition primarily in stock and super stock competition along with specialty factory drag car shootouts. These cars land in the hands of racers. Racers like the crew from the School of Automotive Machinists.
When we asked Judson of SAM why they wanted to add a second COPO Camaro to their drag racing fleet his answer was stone simple: "Firstly, we had the opportunity to acquire a second car," Judson said. "But more importantly than that, we have seen what the drag racing landscape is looking like and how it is changing. Ford, GM, and Chrysler are putting lots of resources into factory style sportsman racing and that's where we want to be." Dr. Jamie Meyer of Chevrolet Performance echoed his sentiments: "Since the COPO program came online in 2012, we've seen the excitement and interest in these cars grow and grow." He continued, "We're excited to have the program continue in 2014 and get more COPO Camaros into the hands of capable sportsman teams like SAM."
The new addition to the fleet is one of the 40 percent of COPO Camaros sold with a stick shift in 2013. Meyer said that even Chevrolet Performance was surprised by that stat: "It is a significant cost to have the car equipped with the stick and it comes 100 percent race ready, not just in the car. We expected the take rate on the stick shift to be a smaller number, but we love to supply the racers with exactly what they need."
Judson tells PHR that this will be Linda's car and she will be the driver. "Years ago when this all got started I had a stick shift Camaro that she raced and was great with, so we expect her to have a lot of fun in this car." Anyone who knows this family's taste in power knows that they roll naturally aspirated and always have. This car will be no different as the power will be derived from an unboosted, unsprayed, unaided-by-anything-but-their-own-brainpower LS7 427ci engine. "We're naturally aspirated people," Judson said with a laugh. "The LS7 is an awesome engine, and we've gotten a lot of great information out of the car that we have been running which we'll apply to this car." It seems most agree, as 75 percent of COPO Camaros sold are equipped with the LS7 engine.
Lest anyone question Linda's skills behind the wheel or her ability, she's a true racer. Having gone 200 mph at the Texas Mile, made countless dragstrip laps, and been a hands-on part of the operation of the School of Automotive Machinists since it opened, Linda has the chops to get in this car and really make the LS7 sing. That is, of course, after it gets some of the touches to its engine that the first COPO on the SAM team has gotten.
"We made over 100 passes with the engine in our first COPO before touching anything on the motor," Judson said. "We tried different converters, shock setting, springs, etc., but other than pulling the valve covers off just to see what the hell was in there, we didn't touch anything." After a while, the cam got tweaked, the heads got a little CNC love, and the engine got tuned on the laptop. Those tweaks got the Camaro to a best of 9.34/141-mph in the quarter-mile.
While there have been some insane, heroic numbers thrown down by the supercharged combos available to COPO buyers, we're always intrigued by the racers running naturally aspirated and how they're making the big power and laying down the numbers that they are. To Judson, it's not a matter of whose name is on the engine but the engine itself. "I don't consider myself an 'LS person.' I am an 'air pump person,' but if we're putting things in context, the small-block Chevy is a six and the LS family of engines is a 10," Judson said. "Guys can run 9s on factory heads that were on a 2005 Tahoe, which is totally crazy but when we get to the square/rectangle-port stuff like the LS7…good grief. I know the aftermarket has to hate these heads because they are so, so good."
The LS7's greatness comes from those beautiful cylinder heads that sit atop the short-block and the 427 cubes of displacement it has. Chevrolet's C5R Corvette racing program served as a testbed for the concept that became the LS7 head. It finally came into production as a factory CNC-machined, rectangle-port monster with a 12-degree valve angle and huge 2.20-inch intake valves and 1.610-inch diameter exhaust valves. The valve angle was one of the biggest departures outside of the ports, as LS3 heads have a 15-degree valve angle. Factory stock LS7 heads have been shown to flow 370 cfm on the intake side. That is astronomical stuff for a factory-produced cylinder head. "The two things that are really impressive about the LS7 is that we're talking about an OEM production engine here with such capability as well as the fact that we live in a time where production engines come with a cylinder head with the potential that the LS7 has. You no longer throw factory heads in the trash if you are a hot rodder," GM's Dr. Meyer said.
But what about the situation we told you about in the opening to this story, the one about this being the last customer-built COPO engine ever? The handbuilt engine production line is being moved from where it is now in Wixom, Michigan, to the Corvette facility in Bowling Green, Kentucky. With that move comes the end of the option to build your own engine…for the time being. "They were kind of rolling up the carpet behind us," Judson said. "It is an incredible program, even for a guy like me who does this stuff for a living. To work on the engine with Linda and go through the entire process was really cool. From the level of technology that the builders have access to with their tools, specifically the 'torque wrench' that runs all of the fasteners down on the mains at the same time and does so to the perfect torque spec after it is scanned off of a sheet, to the level of analysis and testing done on the dyno after the engine is built, it was an amazing process to be a part of." The line is a pretty amazing mix of modern ultraefficient manufacturing tools and techniques, and good ol' gearhead know-how. "We think it says a lot for the whole experience if people like Linda and Judson were impressed because they quite literally do this for a living," Dr. Meyer added. Will the option to build your own COPO engine come back? The folks at GM wouldn't rule it out. Stay tuned!


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Teen Reviews -- Summer 2014
Article in Young Adult Fiction category.
Book, movie, and CD reviews that have been written by teens participating in the 2014 Teen Summer Reading Program, "Paws to Read." Posted with permission of the reviewers.
Ratings are on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the best. Newest reviews appear at the top of the list for each star rating.
Book Reviews
Five Stars
- Catwings By Ursula K. Le Guin
Well, I loved the book because I love cats. I loved all the cats in the book.
Review by April
- The Mark of Athena By Rick Riordan
I like this book of the series because, all the characters meet. It is the most exciting book so far. They are always risks and making sacrifices. I like how they are about the gods. This book was awesome.
Review by Isabella
Four Stars
- Unnatural Creatures Selected by Neil Gaiman
Unnatural Creatures was a very interesting novel. It was compromised of many different stories about imaginary creatures. I didn't really like the idea of mashing different stories together because you have to remember the different stories, and some stories were hard to comprehend, in my mind. The novel did keep me reading it for all of eternity, though. My favorite story was definitely the one about the Griffin and the Minor Canon. I think the author, Neil Gaiman, intended for an audience of people who love unrealistic characters. I thought that it was going to be about supernatural animals, but in reality it is really about talking animals.
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Living Springs Ranch
The ranch horses are, in fact, a part of Moyer Ministries Inc., and play important roles in the outreach programs Ronnie and Becky Moyer use to positively influence people of all ages. In addition to horsemanship and rodeo Bible camps, the couple's active music ministry involves them with many organizations, such as the Fellowship of Christian Cowboys.
Ranch facilities include a large multipurpose building with kitchen, baths and attached indoor round pen, a small bunkhouse (campers are welcome), practice bucking and roping machines, barn, outdoor arena and corrals. In addition to trail rides and riding instruction, Living Springs also offers team sports, such as volleyball and softball, and campfire entertainment.
Riding activities regularly scheduled throughout the year include: Wrangler's Weekend: basic horsemanship skills for third- through sixth-grade students or for those in sixth through 12th grades.
Colt-Starting Clinic: basic instructional skills taught from the horse's point of view for sixth- through 12th-grade students, with student-parent weekends also available.
Ranch Retreat: ranch riding, roping, and working stock for sixth- through 12th-grade students and their parents.
Rodeo Bible Camp: basic instruction in barrel racing, pole bending, goat tying, rough-stock events and breakaway, calf and team roping with emphasis on safe equipment and riding techniques; for students in sixth through 12th grades.
For information, contact Living Springs Ranch, Box 458, Simla, CO 80835; 719-541-3202; www.livingspringsranch.org.


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If You are considering a computer for your pickup truck office, there is a lesson to be learned from the U.S. forces in Iraq, plus a growing cadre of well-outfitted farm machinery field technicians and "county mounties."
Think about buying a rugged computer that meets tough military standards for withstanding heat, water, dust, vibration and rough handling.
There probably are dozens of rugged (also called "ruggedized") laptop computers on the market, but you won't find them at a big-box retailer or your local electronics store.
But conduct an Internet search (for "rugged computer"), and among the 274,000 citations (found in 0.18 seconds!) you'll find myriad rugged laptop options from small companies to large. Among them, you'll see players like Panasonic and Dell and large rugged-computer specialists, such as GD-Itronix, a division of General Dynamics, the defense industry contractor.
All three companies, as well as their competitors, offer pretty pictures and plenty of background information online. However, to try out a rugged computer, you'll probably have to buy it. They're all built to order and are not available on showroom shelves.
Plan to set aside $3,000 to $4,000+ for the purchase. You'll spend about $1,000 less for a growing category of semi-rugged models. For these prices, you typically get a fully featured computer with integrated wireless, plus built-in cellular phone-based broadband connectivity if you want to pay extra.
That's a lot to spend compared to the cost of a consumer laptop. But rugged and semi-rugged laptops have two clear advantages. They'll stand up to tough conditions that could KO your consumer laptop in seconds. In addition, you'll be able to read what's on the monitor with ease, even in bright sunlight. Try that with a consumer laptop and you'll soon wear out your squint.
Rugged requirements
Those two attributes — being able to stand up to tough conditions and excellent viewability in bright sunlight — sum up what a rugged computer must offer to meet the demands of the military, law enforcement, first responders, utility technicians and others who have mission-critical computing needs, manufacturers say.
The number-one requirement is reliability under demanding conditions, says Ben Thacker, vice president of strategic marketing for GD-Itronix. "The product just has to work. And our average customer life cycle is about five years, so it better be built for the long haul of reliability," he says.
Panasonic, for example, says its Toughbook line has a weighted average annual failure rate of 1.64%, despite harsh use conditions. That compares to an estimated 15 to 20% annual failure rate for consumer laptops, which typically don't face the rigors of a rugged laptop, notes Scott Thie, field automation national sales manager for the company.
"Imagine if you are standing in a field in the middle of a downpour; our computer is fully capable of being used in that situation," Thie says.
Bright viewing
If you have ever draped a newspaper over your head in an attempt to view a consumer laptop screen in bright daylight, you know the importance of having a bright screen on a computer that often is used outdoors.
Typical consumer laptop screens have a maximum brightness of 150 to 300 nits (a measure of brightness). Screens on rugged laptops often are two to four times as bright, with maximum outputs in the 1,000-nit range.
Some rugged-computer manufacturers also use various filters and coatings to reduce sunlight reflection. This allows screens to be viewable at lower nit ratings, which conserves battery power. This strategy also can improve screen contrast, which tends to wash out at higher nit levels.
"Our solution is, instead of overpowering with brightness, we eliminate the reflection," says Thacker of GD-Itronix, which offers patent-pending DynaVue screens with reflection-reducing technologies on many of its rugged computers. "You can't outshine the sun."
Tough cases, spill-proof keyboards
Being able to operate in a downpour, in a dust storm and under extreme temperatures, all while being subjected to vibration, rough handling and occasional dropping, requires design and engineering strategies not used in consumer laptops.
A typical rugged computer has a tough case, often made of a magnesium alloy. Screens and keyboards are sealed to withstand dust and moisture, as are USB and other ports. In addition to being rainproof, these spill-through keyboards are designed to handle a spilled carbonated soft drink or other beverage.
If you were to break open the case, you would see various flexible internal connectors and shock-mounted drives designed to help the computer withstand vibration and dropping. You'd also notice that the case is completely sealed against dust and moisture, with no fan vents such as those used in consumer laptops. To dissipate heat generated by the computer processor in this sealed environment, manufacturers use various strategies, including heat sinks, cooling ducts and non-vented fans. Some use low-voltage computer chips to reduce heat generation, although others use higher-voltage chips, which can offer more computing horsepower but also produce more heat.
All this protection adds weight. Typically, a rugged laptop weights 6 to 7 lbs., compared to 3 to 4 lbs. for a mid-range consumer laptop.
Military specifications
To prove their rugged capabilities (and to qualify for military contracts), fully rugged computers must meet rigorous MIL-STD-810F standards set by the U.S. Department of Defense. For example, the standards require that computers survive being dropped 26 times from a height of 3 ft. on each face, edge and corner onto a plywood, steel and concrete sandwich.
Other specifications require that the computer be able to operate during a simulated dust storm at 140°F, as well as a simulated rainstorm for 12 hours. Computers must be able to operate at temperatures ranging from -20° to 140°F and in high humidity (95% humidity at temperatures ranging from 86° to 140°F). They also must be able to withstand thermal shocks at temperatures from -60° to 205°F (although they don't have to be operating for this event). Rugged computers also are tested to assure they can handle continuous vibration so they can operate in vehicles driven over rough terrain.
Semi-rugged options
Fully rugged computers appear to be ready for dusty farm fields, a fall from a pickup cab and the inferno of a parked truck on a hot summer day. But semi-rugged computers may — or may not — be up to the challenge, depending on the model. That's because there are no industry standards defining exactly what a semi-rugged computer is.
Panasonic, for example, offers computers in two semi-rugged categories (which it calls semi-rugged and business-rugged), in addition to fully rugged models that meet military specs. Semi-rugged models weigh about 6 lbs. and have magnesium alloy cases, daylight-readable screens, shock-mounted hard drives and spill-resistant keyboards. Business-rugged models come with lighter cases, lower-nit antireflective (but not daylight-readable) screens, shock-mounted hard drives and spill-proof keyboards. They weigh a svelte 3 to 4 lbs., depending on the model. Both categories can withstand more dropping and jostling than consumer laptops, but less than rugged models. And they are not designed for use in dusty or wet conditions.
GD-Itronix says its semi-rugged laptop is considered "vehicle rugged." It has many of the features of its fully rugged models, including a daylight-readable touch screen, a spill-resistant keyboard and the ability to withstand operation in dusty, vibration-inducing environments. This laptop, which does not meet military drop and water ingress specifications, frequently is used by law enforcement agencies or other vehicle-based work-forces, which typically use computers inside vehicles, Thacker says.
Buying rugged
At first blush, after you visit many rugged-computer company Web sites, you have to wonder how much they want to sell computers to individual consumers. This skepticism may be well founded in some instances, because most of their business is with large institutions. In many cases, you can't buy rugged laptops directly from the manufacturer, although sometimes companies provide links to authorized resellers.
Panasonic (www.panasonic.com/toughbook) has links to several resellers for its Toughbook line.
GD-Itronix (www.gd-itronix.com) sells its GoBook VR-2 semi-rugged computer online, but you have to search further to buy one of its fully rugged computers. Its rugged laptops (as well as those from Panasonic and other manufacturers) are available from the online company CDW (www.cdw.com), as well as others. Search for "rugged laptop" or by computer brand.
Dell is an exception to the rule when it comes to being ready to sell rugged laptops direct to the consumer. Dell (www.dell.com) introduced its first semi-rugged laptop about a year ago. Since then, it has begun selling rugged laptops from Augmentix, which reengineers and ruggedizes Dell Latitude notebooks to meet military specifications. Dell reportedly plans to introduce an expanded line of Dell-branded rugged laptops early in 2008. To find Dell's rugged laptop offering, search for "rugged laptop" in the "Small and Medium Business" category on the Dell Web site.
In a sense, Dell's entry into the rugged laptop market legitimizes the value of rugged laptops in the consumer market, says Thie, the Panasonic sales executive. "We definitely are seeing rugged computers becoming more mainstream at this point," he says. "More and more people are feeling more pain as they experience laptop breakdowns."


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Morgan Shelton (Chattanooga, Tenn.) and Jamie Grigsby (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) scored goals for King, each assisted by junior Caroline Gentry (Bristol, Tenn.). The win helped break a two-match losing streak, but also extended the Lady Tornado's three-game win streak against league opponents, dating back to Sept. 20. Over the current four-game conference win streak, King has shutout its opponent three times.
The Lady Tornado and Crusaders were ready to take a nil-nil tie into the half but King had other plans. Progressively increasing the intensity and not stopping until the last whistle, the Scarlett and Navy put a goal on the board with just nine seconds left in the half. Shelton and Gentry were among many bunched up in traffic at the top of the box battling for possession of the ball. After Gentry touched it up, Shelton broke away from the pack with the ball. A few more dribbles into the box and the senior put a right foot to the ball that found the back of the net for her eighth goal of the season, giving the Lady Tornado a 1-0 lead just before halftime.
King's second goal also came with time dwindling at the end of the half, however not as close to all zeroes. Jamie Grigsby was the beneficiary of Gentry's pass from 35 yards out. From the top of the box, Grigsby send in a strike off the right foot that beat NGU keeper Taylor Kelly to the right side of the goal. With 4:53 remaining in the game, King had a 2-0 lead and was on its way to a victory by the same score.
"I think we played well in our last two games, despite the losses, but we wanted keep that kind of run, momentum and play going. I'm just really happy to get a win, and a conference win at that."
North Greenville was held to just six total shots on the day, which is the most they have allowed in their last four wins. In their previous three wins, the Lady Tornado allowed a total nine total shots. Only two of NGU's six shots were on goal. Both were saved by King keeper Abbey Kitts (Tazewell, Va.).
Duffy continued, "We have it up on our board in the locker room. 'Make every one count'. I think it being at home we need to make this our focus and make it a place where opposing teams find it very tough to come and play. We want to keep it going for Saturday and recover quickly."
King (5-6-0, 4-3) plays Pfeiffer University on Saturday, Oct. 15 as part of Family Weekend at the College. Among the four in-season King events and five varsity athletic games ongoing that day, Women's Soccer will host Pfeiffer with a 2:00 p.m. kickoff with the men's team following at 4:00 p.m.
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A New York City doctor who wrote prescriptions for a man who killed four people in a pharmacy robbery was hit Thursday with manslaughter charges that accuse him of causing the overdose deaths of two patients.
Dr. Stan Li already had been accused of prescribing prescription drugs to addicts.
Li prescribed more than 500 pills to a 21-year-old man in the five weeks leading up the discovery of his body in a parked car in Queens in 2010, authorities said. The cause of death was acute intoxication caused by a combination of Xanax and oxycodone.
Authorities said they believe it's the first time a physician has been charged in New York with manslaughter in an overdose death.
"Dr. Li flouted the fundamental principle in medicine — first, do no harm," Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget Brennan said in a statement announcing the indictment.
Li, of Hamilton, N.J., was to appear in court later Thursday. There was no immediate response to a message left with his attorney.
The 58-year-old Li has previously pleaded not guilty to peddling prescriptions to addicts and drug dealers from a Queens weekend clinic where he saw as many as 120 patients a day, moonlighting from his full-time job as an anesthesiologist at a New Jersey hospital.
One of Li's patients, David Laffer, shot and killed two employees and two customers while holding up a Long Island pharmacy for painkillers in June 2011. Authorities have said that Li provided 24 prescriptions filled by Laffer.
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Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 6:00pm
This is an information session for individuals in the Tulsa area who are interested in learning more about St. Gregory's Adult Degree Programs.
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Hugo Naturals, Shower Gel, Vanilla & Sweet Orange, 12 fl oz (355 ml)
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The Ludlow tuxedo in Italian wool
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This Ludlow tuxedo jacket (a staple of our collection since 2008) is crafted in a luxuriously finished wool from Tollegno 1900 (est. 1862), one of the oldest mills in Italy. The peak lapels are made of rich satin, a stylish hallmark of timeless formalwear. Learn more in our Tuxedo Manual.
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Abortion Matrix: Defeating Child Sacrifice and the Culture of Death
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... I was stunned by the historical and biblical presentation of blood guilt and who is most responsible for the abortion holocaust savaging our land. The truth it reveals is horribly convicting, and the solution it gives surprisingly and wonderfully simple. Abortion will come to an end in America when the Church of Jesus Christ makes up her mind it will come to an end, and not one second sooner. Flip Benham - Founder, Operation Save America
there a connection between pagan religion and the abortion industry?
This powerful presentation traces the biblical roots of child sacrifice and then explores the social, political and cultural fall-out this sin against God and crime against humanity has produced in our amoral, increasingly pagan society.
Conceived as a sequel and update to the 1988 classic, The Massacre of Innocence, the new title, The Abortion Matrix, is entirely fitting. It not only references abortions specific target ? the sacred matrix where human beings are formed in the womb in the very image of God? but it also implies the existence of a conspiracy, a matrix of seemingly disparate forces that are driving this holocaust.
The occult activity surrounding the abortion industry is exposed with numerous examples. But are these just aberrations, bizarre yet anomalous examples of abortionists who just happen to have ties to modern day witchcraft? Or is this representative of something deeper, more sinister and even endemic to the entire abortion movement?
As the allusion to the film of over a decade ago suggests, the viewer may learn that things are not always as they appear to be. The Abortion Matrix reveals the reality of child-killing and strikes the proper moral chord to move hearts to fulfill the biblical responsibility to rescue those unjustly sentenced to death and to speak for those who cannot speak for themselves (Proverbs 24:11,12; 31:8,9).
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I give my unflinching, joyful, trembling Yes to 180. Unflinching, because its right. Joyful, because its good. Trembling, because this our defeated enemy is still vicious John Piper - Pastor for Preaching and Vision, Bethlehem Baptist Church
Ray Comfort and team at their most inspired and inspiring best! ,
There are few issues more divisive than abortion. And as any thoughtful pro-lifer who has ever engaged in conversation with people who are pro-choice (except for the child) knows, the arguments they use are tissue-paper thin and often contradictory and even irrational. In this fascinating video, Ray Comfort gives the viewer a lesson on Hitler and the Holocaustwhile revealing the startling ignorance of history that many young people now possessand then winsomely and powerfully ties it into abortion. Working with a broad section of everymen (including one neo-Nazi) on the streets of southern California, both they and the viewer are brought to the inevitable, inescapable conclusion: that the only way a person can support abortion is to also support Hitler and the holocaust. POWERFUL! Great for high school and college students.
180 completely caught me by surprise. The about-faces on abortion were hard to believe until I saw the full video for myself. Ray lays the right foundation, then asks only one question that stops pro-choicers in their tracks and turns the tables. Its the Colombo Tactic at its finest Gregory Koukl President Stand to Reason
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film is needed to ignite the fires of outrage. Cal Thomas, syndicated
...disturbingly stark and may prove harder for critics to dismiss as misleading. Newsweek Magazine
Introduced by Charlton Heston, Academy Award-winning actor and conscientious citizen who is well-known for taking an active role in community and film industry affairs. He urges the news media which he charges with failing badly to inform the public on the abortion issue to honestly consider and then address the information presented by the film ECLIPSE OF REASON in order to promote a better informed public.
Choice after all is meaningless unless the chooser has a grasp of all the facts.
This film was produced by Bernard Nathanson, one-time abortionist and leader of the nascent pro-choice movement, and documents the intra-uterine life of a little boy at 5 months of age as seen through a fetoscope - a camera placed inside the pregnant uterus. Riveting images of a late abortion are then shown with a camera both inside and outside the uterus. Consistently verifiable statistics emphasize that this horror killing a child at this stage of development and beyond takes place 400 times a day in the United States.
In addition, there are deeply moving interviews with the other victims of abortion: women who have been irreparably injured by abortion - both physically and emotionally.
Dr. Nathansons logic and documentation utterly destroy the pro-abortion arguments. US Senator Gordon Humphrey
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· Format: Color, NTSC
· Language: English
· Region: Region Free
· Studio: American Portrait Films
· DVD Release Date: January 22, 1984
· Run Time: 27 minutes
· Menu with scene selection
· Awards: 1987 CHRIS PLAQUE AWARD, INTERCOM CERTIFICATE OF MERIT, INTERNATIONAL FILM AND TV FESTIVAL OF N.Y. FINALIST
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Dr. Noreen Johnson, a former abortionist and now a practicing obstetrician, calmly, clearly and with scientific precision explains exactly what people choose when they decide to have an abortion.
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The struggle to stop legalized child-killing (abortion) in America and around the world calls for all kinds of people, all manner of giftings and a variety of strategies all non-violent, of course. This wonderful film shows the power of simply using the truth about abortion as a medical procedure to effectively turn many away from it. An effective antidote to the cloaking strategy of Planned Parenthood and other abortifiers ,
Dr. Noreen Johnson, a former abortionist and now a practicing obstetrician, calmly, clearly and with scientific precision explains exactly what people choose when they decide to have an abortion. Each termination option is discussed along with the associated risks and benefits. Ultra sound pictures and computer animation help to answer common questions. The terms fetus, products of conception, placenta, uterus, etc. are fully explained.
The average viewer will invariably find themselves disturbed by the facts, the potential risks and the inherent violence of the procedure.
Neutral wording enables you to bring the truth about abortion to individuals, schools and various audiences where a religious perspective or an overt pro-life approach might not be either allowed or appreciated.
After all, choice is meaningless without a clear understanding of all the facts, isnt it?
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NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD: The classic 1983 film that explores the abortion issue from an investigative reporters perspective.
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Were thrilled to be able to make this classic pro-life film available again. May God use it to help women considering abortion to learn the unvarnished truth about this common but incredibly obfuscated procedure ,
In 1983, journalist Ann Sommers went on a journey to uncover the facts and the real-life implications of abortion. She interviewed doctors, post-abortive women, psychologists, abortionists, clergymen and a member of congress. She then witnessed an actual abortionfollowed by a live birth.
As the viewer follows her investigation, they learn the facts about abortion and crisis pregnancies; truths that many people are trying to hide.
Contains more interviews than in the edited classic, A Matter of Choice
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Four classic pro-life films on one DVD covering a range of subjects from an abortionists day to fetal experimentation. With Dr. Jack Wilkie
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An important series that every advocate for the pre-born needs to watch and share Jay Rogers, The Forerunner
Special Note: These videos were originally recorded back in late 80 so the video quality and clothing/hair-styles are dated. But the content remains compelling and relevant.
1. Pro-life Doctors Speak Out A discussion of the essential medical arguments against abortion, featuring John Wilke, M.D.; Bernard Nathanson, M.D. (and ex-abortionist) and Surgeon General C. Everett Koop
2. Death on Demand: An Abortionists Day In one of the most chilling videos ever produced on the abortion issue, an abortionist matter-of-factly talks about his work and unwittingly reveals the monstrosity of this most unmedical of procedures.
3. The Miracle of Ultrasound Dr. Wilke explains the ultrasound procedure and its amazing window to the womb Watching this video, it becomes obvious why the so-called pro-choice movement has fought so hard to stop laws that would require women to watch an ultrasound of their baby so that they can better make a truly informed choice.
4. Living Experiments Never again! was the cry after the Nazi atrocities came to light. But in this chilling video, Dr. Wilke exposes how the pre-born are the new non-persons and can even be made the victims of the most callous medical experimentation.
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The classic film that many consider to be a launching point for the modern pro-life movement.
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When the lives of the unborn are snuffed out, they often feel pain, pain that is long and agonizing President Ronald Reagan to National Religious Broadcasters Convention, January 1981
Ronald Reagan became convinced of this as a result of watching The Silent Scream a movie he considered so powerful and convicting that he screened it at the White House.
More recently, it was by catching just a glimpse of what this film reveals that Planned Parenthood director and abortion advocate Abby Johnson turned and became a strong advocate for the pre-born.
SYNOPSIS: The modern technology of real-time ultrasound now reveals the actual responses of a 12-week old fetus to being aborted.
As the unborn child attempts to escape the abortionists suction curette, her motions can be seen to become desperately agitated and her heart rate doubles. Her mouth opens as if to scream but no sound can come out.
Her scream doesnt have to remain silent, howevernot if you will become her voice.
This powerful expos on the true horrors of abortion is narrated by Dr. Bernard M. Nathanson, who earlier in his career ran the worlds largest abortion clinic. Now ardently pro-life, Dr. Nathanson is dedicated to exposing the truth about abortion on demand.
SPECIAL NOTE: This newly re-mastered version features eight language tracks (see below for listing) and two bonus videos: The Answer (Bernard Nathansons response to the critics of Silent Scream) and Choice Blues a short video produced by the Center for Bioethical Reform that powerfully exposes the brutality of abortion.
a high technology Uncle Toms Cabin arousing public opinion just as Harriet Beecher Stowes 1852 antislavery novel ignited the abolitionist movement Sen. Gordon Humphrey, Time Magazine DVD 28 min.
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The pro-life classic that has shattered the apathy of thousands and has help inspire multitudes to get involved in pro-life ministry.
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See this video in order to understand why this issue will not disappear a pro-life weapon of unprecedented might Tom Minnery, Vice-President for Public Policy, Focus on the Family
A powerful educational video! Pat Robertson, 700 Club
In almost thirty years of fighting abortion in eighty-four countries, I have never seen a more effective tool in opposing the baby-killers. Everyone must see Hard Truth Fr. Paul Marx, Human Life International
I honestly have never seen anything quite so powerful or quite so anointed George Grant, author of Grand Illusions: The Legacy of Planned Parenthood
Hard Truth shatters the myth of choice. Carol Everett, Founder, Life Network
Hard Truth The famous (some would say infamous) video produced by Gregg Cunningham (The Center for Bioethical Reform) and (Reel to Real Ministries) and featuring Kemper Crabbs powerful and genre-bending song Malediction Hundreds of thousands of these videos have gone around the world.
Featured on CBS 48 Hours, this music video has the potential to change even the most hardened pro-abortionist. Powerful visual evidence proves abortion is murder. See conception take place in-utero and then witness the absolute reality of abortion; all this set to the most anointed pro-life song ever written Kemper Crabbs Malediction. Warning: Very strong content; viewer discretion is advised.
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A two-part documentary. Part One examines the history of abortion, its sociological and medical evolution, and fraudulent claims of abortion proponents. Part Two is a rare exploration of the spiritual forces behind abortion, its roots in child sacrifice, feminist goddess worhip, and witchcraft. Clearly demonstrates that abortion is more than a matter of public policy, since spiritual forces fuel its continuance.
At last, a presentation that ties up loose ends and looks at the spiritual realities behind abortion. Well-done, incisive and propheticevery Christian needs to watch it Gary Bergel, Executive Director Intercessors for America
The classic pro-life documentary that has helped change thousands of lives, save only God knows how many babies, open eyes and hearts, and inspire prayer, activism, the creation of crisis pregnancy clinics and all manner of pro-life activity around the world.
The Massacre of Innocence looks at the spiritual roots of abortion and exposes the myths surrounding child-killing. Little known historical facts about abortion, drawn from both the scriptures and occult history, establish the links between pagan child sacrifice, witchcraft and our modern, technocratic form of pregnancy termination. Though produced in 1985, this video remains the definitive work on the spiritual roots of abortion and has not only been effective in converting many to a pro-life position; it has helped launch a number of pro-life ministries. The section on the travail of child-birth and restitution has also been helpful in bringing healing to women who have had abortions.
Now for the first time on DVD; digitally re-mastered from the original source tape.
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As the baby boom generation ages, technology advances and pressures continue to build on the health care system, this fascinating film on euthanasia raises a number of profound issues that are becoming more relevant by the day.
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quintessential William F. Buckley in the classic, must-see documentary on the issue of euthanasia ,
Is so-called mercy killing a blessing which society needs to meet these needsor it just a open-door to a new holocaust?
These thought provoking questions are explored in depth by William F. Buckley in the compelling docu-drama, THE RIGHT TO KILL. In it you will see a real example of euthanasia a woman in the Netherlands killed by an injection of curare. You will hear from a notable group of experts in medicine, law, philosophy and religion including:
The founder of the Hemlock Society
Physicians performing euthanasia in Holland
The author of The Humane and Dignified Death Act
Doctors specializing in pain management
Expert in the Nazi Holocaust
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As the baby boom generation ages, technology advances and pressures continue to build on the health care system, this fascinating film raises a number of profound issues that are becoming more relevant by the day.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- An Illinois judge is barring Gov. Pat Quinn from going forward with his plan to close two prisons, at least for now.
Circuit Judge Charles Cavaness cited safety concerns Wednesday when he issued the injunction. It replaces a temporary restraining order he issued last month and requires the prisons to remain open while the administration and a union go through arbitration.
The injunction covers Quinn's plan to close prisons at Dwight and Tamms, as well as three halfway houses and two youth prisons.


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Interview Dos and Don'ts
Whether you're interviewing to hire for a position in your firm or company, or it's been several years since you've interviewed yourself, you should know what's off limits in a job interview.
First, however, here are several tips to keep in mind about the interview itself.
The Interview is a Two-Way Street. As the employer, it may seem as if you have the advantage in the interview, but the interview works two ways. You are looking over the candidate for the position as much as the candidate is looking over you and the company. You'll want to put your best foot forward and project professionalism during the interview. In addition, be candid and have a conversation about how the company and position should be a good fit for everyone concerned. After all, you're putting an investment in the new hire, but the new hire is investing his or her time in the company, too.
Avoid Snap Judgments. How long does it take you to judge another person? According to CVTips.com, a person will draw an impression in the first 20 to 30 seconds. That's hardly enough time to say hello. Instead, try to suspend your judgment during the interview and focus, again, on how good a "fit" the person might be with the position and the organization.
Personality Matters. Some candidates will have great skills and knowledge about their particular areas of accounting, yet may not interview well; they may seem shy and somewhat aloof. Naturally, the candidate isn't going to admit his or her lack of interviewing skills, so when you're talking to a candidate, you'll definitely want to take some time to think about the candidate's personality. Not only must the person get along with colleagues and others in the firm or company; there's a good possibility the candidate will have to interact with clients and others
What You Can't Ask
Every question you ask should relate to the position itself. Manager, supervisors, and others find themselves in deep water when they ask questions that do not relate to the position. Federal and state laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of an applicant's race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, or disability. Some state laws also prohibit discrimination based on marital status or sexual orientation.
What can't you ask? Some of these may be more obvious than others, while others may be a complete surprise. Avoid asking these questions (source: Manager's Legal Bulletin):
- Are you married? Are you divorced?
- If you're single, are you living with anyone?
- How old are you?
- Do you have children, how many, and what are their ages?
- Do you own or rent your home?
- What church/synagogue do you attend?
- Do you have any debts?
- Do you belong to any social or political groups?
- How much, and what kind of, insurance do you have?
- Do you suffer from an illness or disability?
- Have you been treated by a psychiatrist or psychologist?
- Are you taking any prescribed drugs? Have you been treated for drug addiction or alcoholism?
- Do you plan to get married? Do you plan to start a family? What are your day care plans?
- Are you comfortable supervising men/women?
- What would you do if your husband or wife were transferred?
- Are you likely to take time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act?
Focus the Interview on Qualifications and Use Your Judgment
If this list seems logical, that's a good thing. As a professional, you should know by now what is off limits during an interview versus what is completely legal and logical. Instead of focusing on personal information, you want to assess the person's ability to do the job. You'll know some of this from reading the resume or through referrals, but you can't always trust these sources to be accurate or for facts on paper to be 100 percent accurate! Look what happened to the CEO of Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson who was fired for padding his resume.
Last piece of advice: Avoid hiring based on your emotions. As said earlier, you'll want to ensure the person can get along with others, but do you really need to like the person more than you like his or her qualifications? If you find yourself unable to make a decision, ask one of your colleagues to interview the candidate. A second opinion is always good to have.


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Sarah Jessica Parker is opening up about the lessons she learned as a result of her relationship with Robert Downey Jr.
The former couple met on the set of their film Firstborn and dated for seven years in the '80s and early '90s before calling it quits.
"It taught me how I love," the Divorce star told PEOPLE and Entertainment Weekly Editorial Director Jess Cagle of her relationship with the actor, who struggled with drug and alcohol abuse during much of their time together, ultimately leading to their demise.
Adds Parker, 51, "And what's the difference between loving and taking care of people and what's necessary, and what grown-ups should and shouldn't do for one another."
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First-time fatherhood has definitely humbled Adam Levine.
"I've been a parent for three weeks; what do I know?" the Maroon 5 frontman, who welcomed daughter Dusty Rose with wife Behati Prinsloo on Sept. 21, joked to Ryan Seacrest Thursday during his show On Air With Ryan Seacrest.
"I don't know anything, but it's part of the beauty of it, honestly," continues Levine, 37. "There are a lot of instincts, a lot of things that kick in and switch on. It's a beautiful experience."
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It's never too early to start priming those vocal cords — especially if you're Ciara's son!
"Ain't nobody dope as me, I'm dressed so fresh so clean," the singer, 30, sings into the camera in an Instagram video she posted Wednesday night — taken perhaps right before 2-year-old Future Zahir's bath time?
"So clean clean," finishes her son, causing his mama to giggle.
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David Arquette has something exciting to Scream about: a new baby on the way!
On Wednesday, the actor took to Instagram to share a video of his 2-year-old son Charlie West holding an ultrasound photo to announce he and wife Christina are expecting their second child together.
"So incredibly blessed and honored that my wife @christinaarquette is pregnant with a baby boy!" the former In Case of Emergency star captioned the clip.
"Thank you Christina and humbled gratitude to G-D for this tremendous gift!" adds Arquette, 45. "Charlie and Coco are so excited and I am over the moon!!!"
Chip and Joanna Gaines Reveal Why They Keep Their Kids Out of the Spotlight – and Why They May Still Go for Baby No. 5
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Chip and Joanna Gaines are famous for their Fixer Upper empire, but the home-improvement couple want to keep their kids far away from the spotlight.
And while their four children — Emmie, 6, Duke, 8, Ella, 9, and Drake, 11 — do occasionally appear in their reality show, they're not subjected to filming multiple takes and the Gaineses don't show their faces in photoshoots.
"They're so young and we want to give them the chance to have a normal childhood," Joanna says in this week's issue of PEOPLE.
Sarah Jessica Parker on the Struggle of Being a Working Mom: You 'Want to Maintain This Other Part of Your Life'
Sarah Jessica Parker has been exposed to all sorts of emotions on the parenting spectrum.
A specific emotion she can relate to personally is a popular one: guilt.
"[Parenting] changes you in every possible way, but there's a struggle, there's a conflict that exists, which is you also want to maintain this other part of your life," the Divorce star told PEOPLE and Entertainment Weekly Editorial Director Jess Cagle.
"The reason it's a conflict, usually, is that you like the other life, too," adds the actress, 51. "Someone [told me] that working mothers who work outside of home feel guilty about work because they like the work."


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FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — A search is on for a beloved hotel cat that was stolen in Fort Collins, Colo., during St. Patrick's Day festivities.
Videos show two men catnapping Oreo from the Armstrong Hotel lobby on Saturday.
Oreo first came to the hotel in 2004. Since then, she has warmed her way in to the hearts of hotel guests and owners.
There are even cat doors throughout the building that give her freedom throughout the day before she gets put in the executive offices for the evening.
According to the Fort Collins Coloradoan (http://tinyurl.com/q4vd5b2 ), guests have expressed outrage and they've been sharing their anger on social media.
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2009: Second-team All-Mountain West Conference ... tied for the TCU lead with three interceptions ... placed fourth on the Horned Frogs with 59 tackles ... totaled a career-best and TCU season-high 14 stops in the 38-7 win at BYU ... it was the most tackles by a Horned Frog since Marvin White had 14 stops in a 2006 win at Baylor ... posted eight stops, including seven solo, in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl ... drew praise from TCU head coach Gary Patterson for his play in the 20-17 win at Air Force ... recorded seven stops against the Falcons ... had a tackle for loss, among four stops, and an interception in a 41-0 win over UNLV ... also had picks in victories over Virginia and New Mexico ... added a pass breakup against the Cavaliers ... forced a fumble and had a PBU at San Diego State ... assisted on six tackles in the 45-10 victory at Wyoming.
2008: Started 12 of 13 games at weak safety ... did not play in the season opener at New Mexico due to injury ... tied for second on TCU with 10 pass breakups ... placed sixth with 47 tackles ... closed the season with six solo tackles in the 17-16 Poinsettia Bowl victory over Boise State ... had two tackles for loss, including a sack, among six stops in the 13-7 win at Colorado State ... also forced a fumble and had two pass breakups against the Rams ... posted a season-best seven tackles with two for loss in the 54-7 victory over Wyoming ... broke up two passes while assisting on three stops in the 32-7 win versus BYU ... had an interception while adding four stops in his first game of the season, a 67-7 week-two victory against Stephen F. Austin ... totaled six tackles at Oklahoma and Utah ... added a pass breakup against the Utes.
2007: One of four true freshmen to see action for the Frogs ... provided depth at free safety ... recorded a season-high four tackles, all solo stops, against Utah ... assisted on two tackles in his collegiate debut in the season-opening 27-0 win over Baylor ... had an assisted stop in the 24-12 victory versus Colorado State.
High School: Honorable mention all-state, first-team all-district and second-team all-area as a senior ... totaled 88 tackles, including two for a loss, to go with four interceptions, eight pass breakups and a fumble recovery ... scored three defensive touchdowns, reaching the end zone with two picks and his fumble recovery ... the No. 55 recruit in the state by Scout.com ... named South Garland's Outstanding Defensive Player of the Year ... a second-team all-district selection his junior year when he recorded 94 stops, six tackles for a loss, five sacks, two interceptions and six pass break-ups ... lettered three years in both football and track & field ... placed first in the state in the 110 meter hurdles at a summer meet in Round Rock ... was fourth in the 300 hurdles at the same event.
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Everyone's favorite moisturizer now has a new look and slightly different ingredient set to help it stay fresh a little longer.
The Queen agrees in principle with the anti-aging benefits of Retin A, but the ingredients found in the paraben loaded creams were just too much to take.
Most clients have a hard time with redness and itchy skin in the Rockies when trying to use retinoids.
So we have been hard at work looking for more organic solutions to the problem. What we discovered is a peptide (which is just 3 molecules combined) that produces the same results, but without the nasty chemicals.
Our hydrating moisturizer base is made with raw unrefined shea butter emulsified with golden organic jojoba. This creates a soothing night cream that both moisturizes and glides easily across your skin. We added our proprietary peptide and the results with use after about 30 days should be a reduction in fine lines, a softening of deep lines, renewed skin elasticity, etc.
Give us two months, and we will give you less overall wrinkles, they will be more subtle and overall the elasticity of your skin will be boosted. All these results without any of the side effects like redness, photo-sensitivity, irritation, parabens, and prescriptions needed for Retin A.
The scent is simply divine! It is fresh squeezed pink grapefruit with the top note of sexy Ylang Ylang.
Say goodbye to Mexican Retin A that smells clinical and feels like a diaper rash cream and say Hello to Bee Organic mock Retin A. We hope you will find the results as satisfying as we did in our test group.
More research information on our Peptide:
Clinical study included two panels of 23 volunteers used two creams one on each side of their face. On one side, we used a 3% saturation of our peptide, the other cream was a placebo. The volunteers used the creams twice daily for 56 days. Anti-wrinkling and lifting efficacy was assessed by profilometry (which studies roughness) and photography. The variations where quite noticeable. In terms of the overall surface occupied by deep wrinkles our product did 10x better than the placebo. In wrinkle depth, density and volume we did 2 - 5x better. For roughness, we did almost 14x better. In lifting effect, the difference was 4x better. The main finding is that wrinkles are actually 45% less deep in just two months of use.
A secondary measurement device was used to to measure skin elasticity and tone. This research is done with a cutometer (Cutometry) applying a gentle negative pressure to a small area of skin to measure the elastic displacement of the skin from its initial position as well as the elastic recovery following maximum negative pressure. In the same two panels of volunteers the tone was improved by almost 20% and the elasticity by almost 10%.
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The easiest way is to link up here, right below my name.
If you don't have a blog, you can let me know by:
– posting a picture of your project on my Facebook page
If you don't have a blog, you can let me know by:
– posting a picture of your project on my Facebook page
Erin says
As soon as I start getting paid again, I'm totally going to try some of the challenges!
Carmella says
Thanks for the challenge! Just the motivation I needed!
Cass says
Ooh! Hard first challenge, for me at any rate! No one lets me keep a centerpiece on the table for more than an hour or two and all my good surfaces for making a display are covered with fish tanks! 🙂 This is definitely motivating me to get with the change in seasons.
Brandee says
Thanks for doing this Amy – I'm going to try to keep up! 🙂
Thank you for the invite Amy. I will have to take a look around to see what else is going on. =)
Natasha in Oz says
I wish it was Fall over here in Australia but it is Spring! Maybe I can see if I have an old blog post that features Fall decor. Great party idea!
Best wishes,
Sallie says
I love the fall centerpieces, especially the one with the natural materials. Looks like I need a trip to Hobby Lobby.
Thanks for visiting Texas Cottage. I hope to get a centerpiece made this week, so I can link up.
Stephanie Richardson says
Thanks for letting me know about your link up party. 🙂 I'm quite enjoying the look of those nutty centrepieces.
Hello friend! I am SO thrilled to be part of your party!!!! :o) I am sorry I am a little slow at getting over here! (I started a new job today—boo—less time for blogging at least for today!) I am SO glad you came over and reminded me –Thank you!!! :o) You and your wonderful blog are just great!!!
What a fun little challenge! Thanks for hosting and the invite 🙂
Carrie H says
I'm hitting Michael's this weekend. So, I'll catch up with your fall crafting soon! By the way, you gave me an idea with your last photo. I can swap out my green/purple hydrangea arrangement in my downstairs bathroom with some fall colored flowers. Awesome!
Loved this last week. Thanks for linking! I wanna play, just haven't got my fall stuff out yet! Youre being featured on my blog, come grab a button!!!
Yay for fall! The Texas heat has me a little behind in getting my fall centerpieces together, but I am loving the inspiration! Thank you so much for sharing your post at Savvy HomeMade Monday and I hope you will stop by and party again!
Brave Brooke says
Those are great! Thanks for the link up!
Joyce says
I'm a new follower! I guess I just missed the cut off to add a link though. I recently posted about my fall bucket list. I used an "all seasons tree" that we've used in the past for centerpieces for various holidays. This time it does double duty as a visual bucket list. I love your linky and can't wait to check back each week and see what everyone else is making! Thanks for putting it all together.
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Measuring OCR's Work
OCR's current performance indicators measure timeliness of case processing and program outputs, such as percentages of OCR-directed technical assistance and resource materials for recipients and parents. These indicators address only a portion of OCR's enforcement activities, and we are collecting data and working to develop additional indicators to reflect more fully the work that we do.
OMB and Congress have each recognized our indicator on case processing—that 80 percent of our complaints are to be resolved within 180 days—as a very useful measure of the efficiency and effectiveness of our complaint resolution process. Timeliness is critical to students and parents in the resolution of civil rights issues and is an indicator of positive case outcomes. In FY 2003, OCR resolved 91 percent of its complaints within 180 days, as compared to FY 2002 when 89 percent were resolved within the 180-day timeframe; this is one of the highest annual complaint resolution rates since OCR began tracking this data in the 1970s.
To measure progress in achieving objectives in OCR's Annual Program Plan, the new Case Management System (CMS) collects available outcome information once case monitoring is complete. Implementation of the CMS began in 2003. Once the system is well populated, we will be in a position to develop other measures of OCR's effectiveness in addition to those measures of timeliness of case processing and provision of technical assistance already in place. The CMS is expected to be fully operational by the end of FY 2004.
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The Google Keyword tool is free, so if you know the tricks and techniques for getting the most out of this free tool, you will never need to buy keyword research/analysis software.
The objective of this article is to analyze the new tool in terms of what it can offer and how it can solve many of the keyword analysis-related problems in search engine optimization.
Finding Competitive and Easy Keywords in a Targeted Niche
Say you have a potential client who owns a business website in a specific niche. Your client has asked you for suggestions for some good keywords to target. With the old keyword research tool, it would be a bit difficult and time consuming to do this, because the keyword to be inputted on the tool depends on the user entry. Also, the user needs to guess the keywords that belong to that niche. An alternative way in the old school is to use third-party tools to generate long lists of keywords belonging to the niche, and then input these keywords into the Google keyword tool — a complex and time-consuming process.
But with the latest release of Google Keyword Tool, it's a breeze to start analyzing profitable and easy keywords in your selected niche. Simply follow the steps listed below.
Step 1. Go to the new Google Keyword tool. The easiest URL to remember is this: https://adwords.google.co.uk/select/KeywordToolExternal. However, as of the time this article was written, this URL is 302 redirected to the New Keyword Tool URLs.
Step 2. Enter the captcha.
Step 3. The new Google keyword tool should look like this:
{mospagebreak title=Finding Keywords: an Example}
Suppose you have a health and nutrition website and you would like to research easy but medium competitive keywords to target. Your geographical target location is worldwide for this example.
Step 4. Expand "Advanced Options."
Step 5. Under "Location and Languages," select "All Countries" and under "Language" select "English."
Step 6. Select "All Keyword ideas."
Step 7. Under "All Categories," expand "Health."
Step 8. Click "Nutrition & Dieting."
Step 9. The keyword tool will show the complete list of keyword ideas in a table format.
Step 10. Find "Match types," uncheck "Broad" and check "Exact." An exact match will reveal an accurate number of searches using that exact keyword.
Step 11. Google first shows the competitive and high search volume keywords in your niche; however, you can click the "Global Monthly Searches" column to sort from lowest to highest. This will give you the easiest keywords to target in your selected niche.
So if you are aiming for competitive keywords, you can target "diabetic diet," or if you are aiming for easier keywords in the "Health and Nutrition" niche, you can start your targeting with "diabetes food plan."
{mospagebreak title=Expand Keyword Ideas and Filter According to Difficulty}
In the latest Google keyword tool, not only can the user get expanded keyword ideas, but keywords can be filtered quickly according to difficulty.
Suppose you are starting a PHP developer site and you are researching keywords to target on the blog's front page. Since you have run out of keyword ideas, you are looking for ways to expand your list of keyword ideas around the central keyword "PHP Developer." Let's use the latest Google keyword tool to do this type of keyword analysis.
Step1. Go to Google Keyword tool.
Step 2. In the "Word or phrase (one per line)" text box, enter your main keyword, PHP Developer.
Step 3. Expand "Advanced Options."
Step 4. Under "Locations and Languages," click "All Countries" (this assumes your blog is targeting the entire world and not just one geographical location).
Step5. To allow the Google keyword tool to provide a maximum list of keyword ideas, select "All Keyword Ideas" under the "Show results for" section.
Step 6. Now to filter the keywords according to difficulty, you will need to use the new "Filter Keywords" feature. To allow the Google keyword tool to return an easy list of keywords, but with reasonable search volumes, set the following:
Global Monthly Searches >= 100 (suppose this search volume is enough for your blog to generate income, but you can change this to a much higher search volume value).
Competition >= Medium (you can also try setting this to Low, to really see easier keywords, but if "Low" comes back blank, you can set "Competition" to "Medium").
Before pressing "Search," the inputted parameters on the Google Keyword tool should look like this:
Step 7. Click the "Search" button.
Step 8. To get the most accurate search volume results for your exact targeted keywords, uncheck "Broad" under "Match types" and check "Exact."
Step 9. The Google keyword tool automatically filters keywords and only returns those that are within your specifications:
Step 10. Finally, click "Global Monthly Searches," so that it can sort from the highest to the lowest.
The result of this analysis is shown below:
So if you are looking for easy and manageable keywords to target for your PHP developer blog, you can include either "web php development," "php developer tool," and so forth in your final list of targeted keywords.
{mospagebreak title=Quickly Research Related Keywords to Target in a Specific URL}
Aside from filtering keywords according to difficulty, which is important, any keyword researcher can also quickly generate a list of good keywords to target from a specific URL. This is useful for SEO purposes, particularly if you do not know which keywords can be good to target from a specific URL, like the home page.
Suppose a certain client provides you a URL of their website home page, and he/she needs an expanded list of easy and difficult keywords to target with exact search volumes if the website targets the UK.
Let the URL be: http://www.php-developer.org/
Step 1. Go to https://adwords.google.co.uk/select/KeywordToolExternal
Step 2. Under "Find Keywords," enter the complete website URL, including the opening "http://" under the "Website" text box.
Step 3. Expand "Advanced Options."
Step 4. Under "Locations and languages," select "United Kingdom."
Step 5. Select "All keyword ideas" under "Show results for."
Step 6. Since the client is interested in seeing the complete list of difficult and easy keywords related to the home page, you do not need to set the "Filter Keywords" function; just click "Search."
Step 7. Under "Match Types," uncheck "Broad" and check "Exact."
Step 8. To sort from the most difficult (highest search volumes) to easiest keywords (low search volumes), click "Global Monthly Searches."
Step 9. The top three most difficult keywords to target are:
a. web hosting
b. web design
c. website design
And the three easiest keywords (at the bottom of the list) are:
a. PHP Source Encoder
b. PHP Convert to MP3
c. PHP Web ide
All those keywords are relevant to the home page URL. So in this case, depending on the authority, age and trust of the website, if the website is just starting (new), the SEO might recommend easier phrases, such as "PHP Source Encoder."
Of course, as usual, you can export the data into a CSV/Spreadsheet format (by clicking the "Download" link) so you can do even more complex keyword analysis computations using the updated data from the latest Google Keyword tool.


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Reimer, Elisabeth Rempel (1814-1893)
Elisabeth Rempel Reimer, Mennonite immigrant woman, was born as a twin in 1814 to Peter and Katerina (Berchen) Rempel in the Molotschna Colony of South Russia. In 1835 she married Abram Reimer (died 1892), who was the son of Bishop Klaas Reimer of the Kleine Gemeinde. Together they had eight children who all lived to adulthood. Unfortunately they did not do well farming and were dependent on the village poor fund to make ends meet. This meant that their children had to leave home at a very young age to work. Elisabeth herself, in addition to managing the house and helping with the farm work, did sewing outside the home. This required being away for long periods, which was especially hard for the younger children in the family. As her children grew and married, Elisabeth was kept busy providing the practical assistance, encouragement and direction which held them together through the joys and sorrows of life. Elisabeth moved with her family as part of the Kleine Gemeinde migration in the 1860s, establishing daughter colonies, first in Marcusland and then in Borozenko. Here she had the opportunity to see her married children prosper, but not for long. In 1874 they sold their farms and immigrated to Canada.
Elisabeth and her family arrived in Manitoba on 13 September 1874 and eventually found their way to the village of Blumenort, where they settled. The first two years in Canada were a struggle. Grasshoppers destroyed their crops and it was due in large part to Elisabeth that the family did not leave that second year. "I have faith in God," she is reported to have said, "that He will bless us and that we will have our bread." The years of prosperity that followed showed that her faith had not been misplaced. Elisabeth Rempel Reimer, a courageous and faithful Mennonite pioneer, died at the age of 79, one year after her husband, in 1892.
Loewen, Royden. "Elisabeth Rempel Reimer--Immigrant Woman." Preservings No.7 (December 1995): 2 ff.
|Sharon H. H Brown
|Date Published
|March 2006
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El Paso County Divorces 1903-1941This record reflects the official record of Divorce Decrees granted by the El Paso County Court. Information contained in the archive record may show the date of the marriage, the state where the marriage took place, reason(s) for filing for divorce, names of children, court action, and the date the Decree of Divorce was granted.
Source: Colorado State Archives, El Paso County Divorce Records 1903-1941; last modified December 28, 2004.Colorado State Archives, Divorce Records


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Playing for Keeps
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soap opera)
Joyce liked this romantic comedy/soap opera more than I did.
Gerard Butler plays George Dryer, a washed-up soccer player who lost everything, including his wife (Jessica Biel) and son after hanging up his soccer cleats.
George sees his son on weekends and tries hard to bond with him, making progress when he takes over his soccer team, which is sort of soccer's version of the Bad News Bears. George's wife has been living with another man for three years and is engaged to marry. George has this crazy idea that he can win her back.
The son's soccer team improves under George's coaching, and it all comes down to the big game. Guess who wins? Guess who scores the winning goal?
Don't be fooled into thinking this is a typical sports movie. George has other, more pressing problems. An obnoxious soccer dad (Dennis Quaid) tries to bribe George into letting his son play goalie and his daughter sing the National Anthem, while his wife (Uma Thurman) tries to get George in bed. Two soccer moms (Catherine Zeta-Jones and Judy Greer) stalk the handsome coach, trying desperately to sexually conquer him.
But George is an honorable man. He wants to win back his former wife and their son, even though she left him when he was no longer a hero and had lots of money.
George is offered a job with ESPN, thanks to the help of one of the soccer moms, who wants a piece of him in return. But ESPN is a long way from home in Bristol, Conn.
What is George to do? His son doesn't want him to go. His former wife, who has already picked out her wedding dress, shows that she still cares for him. You can see the ending coming a mile away.
Joyce liked it. I should have stayed home and watched ESPN. Rated PG-13 with minor profanity and many sexual references.


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Welcome to the IRBNet guidance pages. The IRBNet User Manual provides the most detailed set of instructions on how to use IRBNet for all protocol submissions and modifications. We created these general guidance pages to supplement the manual. Check back soon for a chapterized version of the IRBNet User Manual. There are several helpful tutorials available through IRBNet.
Explanation of IRBNet Terms - a short glossary
IRBNet Registration - create your username and password
Submitting A New Study - create and submit a new study
Making Revisions - if your project is deferred, you will need to revise your study before a final approval is issued
Modifying A Current Study - if you need to change your study after it has been approved
Continuing Review - you may need to update the appropriate committee if your study continues
Adverse Events - to report unexpected and adverse events during the course of your project
Closing A Study - once you are finished, submit this to close the review process


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UX design in ecommerce is largely about reducing the impact of any points of friction and making the experience as pleasurable as possible for your users.
One aspect that is ripe for causing friction is form design, as it's quite natural for users to find the process tedious.
Therefore site owners have to take care to make forms as simple as possible for their users and reduce any unnecessary barriers or the need to re-enter information.
This process is even more important for mobile commerce as the small screen size makes form filling quite fiddly and increases the likelihood of site abandonment.
Luckily there are a few simple rules that designers can follow to limit user frustration, and we've previously highlighted how these apply to desktop.
However the rules have to be adapted for mobile, so here are 10 simple tips for improving the UX on mobile forms.
And for more information on this topic, read our post looking at how top retailers deal with mobile checkouts...
Align labels vertically
Due to the limited space on mobile screens, horizontal label alignment should be avoided as it can cause a number of UX issues.
In order to fit a label beside a form field you have to reduce the size of both elements, which causes the design to appear cluttered and makes the fields difficult to click.
The difference is highlighted in these forms from Debenhams and New Look, with the former far easier to use.
Use large fields
It greatly improves the UX if your users are able to easily click on the forms without accidentally pressing the wrong page element. Often brands will design large CTAs but fail to give the same screen space to their form fields, when in reality both need to be simple to click.
Use GPS
If the form requires the user's location, such as a setting a default retail outlet, then GPS makes the process incredibly simple.
Thanks to Google Maps nearly all smartphone owners will have used GPS at some point, so it makes sense to use it as a shortcut where relevant.
Make calls-to-action as large as possible
This is seems like an obvious point and yet so many retailers still expect their users to press a CTA the size of a pinhead in order to submit the form.
I've covered this topic in more detail in a post detailing eight tips for designing mobile CTAs, but the main points to note are that CTAs should:
- Be at least 44x44 pixels.
- Have plenty of white space around them to prevent erroneous clicks.
- Use a colour that's distinct from the rest of the page elements.
Following these simple rules makes it far easier for users to submit forms and greatly reduces the potential for any friction. For example, just check out the difference between Topshop and Walmart...
Avoid optional fields
The overall strategy for mobile form design should be to strip out any unnecessary elements and simplify the process for your users.
Therefore it's a good idea to do away with any optional fields, as unless it's compulsory then nobody is going to waste their time filling it in anyway.
Condense into a single page if possible
Again this ties in with the previous point, but some of the best mobile forms that I've come across have been condensed down into a single screen.
This both allays any concerns that the form is going to take ages to fill in and also reduces the chances that slow 3G signal will slow the process down between pages.
Office Depot is a great example of this as its guest checkout only requires the card details, address, phone number and an email address before you can confirm the payment. This makes the process feel extremely short and should help reduce the amount of dropouts.
Simplify the design
When designing a mobile form sites should consider what the user will be trying to achieve, ideally based on behavioural data.
It's likely that mobile users will have different aims than desktop visitors, so it might be feasible to strip out certain functions in order to simplify the design.
For example, Expedia's mobile flight search tool has very few fields compared to the desktop version as mobile users are potentially less likely to need all the different filtering options at the initial search phase.
Expedia desktop version
Expedia mobile version
Use a progress bar
If it's not possible to reduce a form to one screen then it's a good idea to use a progress bar to inform users how many pages they are going to have to click through.
People don't like the unknown and users are less likely to become impatient if they know how many stages there are in the process.
Give users the right tools for the job
The best example of this is when filling in fields that require numerals, such as telephone numbers, as sites should show the user the numeric keypad so that they can easily tap in the digits.
In general sites still display the normal keypad for telephone numbers, which means the user has too press an extra button to find the small numeric keys. This is another rather obvious UX point of which surprisingly few site owners take notice.
To give a different example, H&M's otherwise excellent app presents you with a text keypad when entering your date of birth, when in fact a numerical keypad or even a dropdown menu would be of more use.
In contrast, when searching for a date on Expedia's site it gives you this handy calendar view. Obviously these are different use cases but it demonstrates the fact that you need to give users the best tools for the task in hand.
Security is a major concern on mobile so it's important to mask passwords in case somebody is peering over the user's shoulder, however this does cause problems when people are unable decipher what they've entered and might be unsure if they've managed to press the correct keys.
In order to get the best of both worlds many sites now display the last character before altering it to a bullet point after a short delay.
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#11 - usability test
There's no substitute for user feedback before you launch. Follow the tips in this article and you'll be well on your way. Then test with users to be sure that the app/site works as intended and there are no issues that will affect user's ability to complete desired tasks. When it comes to mobile usability testing, we've got you covered: www.magitest.com
There's some really good advice here David. If companies still don't get why it the mobile UX is vital, figures from some recent research we carried out should help change their mind. Over a third (34%) of those surveyed complained about sites that weren't optimised for smaller screens, essentially driving them away. More on the research in the Eptica blog at http://eptica.wordpress.com/2013/09/20/the-mobile-customer-experience-failing-to-deliver/
There's some really good advice here. No doubt about the fact that design and usability are the perfect mix for a mobile success.The real challenge nowadays is to optimize your message and design for different mobile devices. Different devices, such as smartphones and tablets, are connected with different mindsets, needs and moods.
Speaking of optimization for multiple mobile devices, I found this webinar very insightful. Check it out!